The Fuentes Cigar company was founded in 1912 by Alberto Fuentes as a small Tampa FL provider of quality cigars. A few starts and stops later, his son Carlos Sr. bought the company from him for $1 in the '50's. in 1962, Carlos recognized that it was soon to be impossible to get Cuban tobacco. So he went there and purchased 10 years worth of product. He spent those 10 years developing supply lines produced in other countries while starting his own farm in the Dominican Republic. During the '80's, production was moved to the Dominican Republic, employing over 3500 and producing 30 million cigars per year. Company headquarters remain in Tampa FL. Carlos Sr. passed away last year. Carlos Jr. now runs the comapny

On the 100th anniversary of the company's founding, Hublot released the first of two LE's. In '97, they released their signature cigar, the Opus X. Now, they are releasing 3 more LE's in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Opus X, the Classic Fusion Fuente Fuente Opus X. There will be 20 pieces of each version

First is in black ceramic. As with all of them, it has a blue dial sporting the "X" logo along with the words "20th Anniversary" at 6 o'clock and an XX marker at the 12.

The casebacks are imprinted with an illustration of the Fuentes family

The Titanium and King Gold models are particularly distinctive. While the dial is done in an unadorned blue, the bezel and case are embossed with the "X" motif interspersed with a tobacco relief design.